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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo, Shaolin monks perform during a production of Soul of Shaolin, a new Chinese martial arts spectacle in Shanghai, China. The famed fighting monks of Shaolin temple plan a foray into modern finance. The local government entity in charge of managing the 1,500-year-old Buddhist temple's tourism-related assets plan to join with China Travel Service in a venture that will seek to raise up to 1 billion yuan ($146.4 million) in a share listing on either a mainland market or in Hong Kong, reports said Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.